Business View Magazine l November 2022

108 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 the automotive industry, especially in the power steering systems and brake-by-wire niches.” CW Bearing’s North American offices include corporate operations, sales and manufacturing in Northville, Michigan; a corporate office in Irvine, California; warehouses in Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Additionally, there is a manufacturing facility located in Apaseo Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico. “Our Michigan manufacturing facility opened in 2016 and the one in Mexico in 2018,” Click explains. “We’re expanding the facility in Mexico, doubling the building size from 55,000 square feet to about 110,000 square feet. Our expansion efforts are very targeted, and we currently have projects from companies like Bosch and Nexteer that will take up that additional manufacturing space.” As part of its growth efforts, the company recently acquired Drake Manufacturing, a manufacturer specializing in building thread machines for ball screws. In its expansion, the company also places specialized attention on its valued partnerships and sees them as integral to their core working model. One such company that CW Bearing works closely with is Cybergear, an industry leader in industrial applications with top-tiered experience skilled in technological solutions for CW Bearing as well as having the proven ability to aid in the company’s overall efficiency. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, CW Bearing experienced similar effects as those felt by companies in most industries, including supply chain challenges and labor shortages.